RE: OT: to my friends

High blood pressure does make you run "hot". I can tell when my neighbor
Pat needs to go back in to get her medication adjusted when it's like 50
degrees in her house and she complaining she's hot.
I'm always right too, she always comes home w/ new or stronger medication.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:27:38 +0000
>his skinny frame just begins to shut down - not enough
>> meat on my bones, I guess.
>
>Hey, Linda, who you callin' fat? ;+)
>Well, maybe we do all react differently. But it seems to me that the
>standard of what they call "room temperature" is supposed to be 70
>degrees. 67-73 is ok by me if I'm sitting, but if I'm moving around,
>working, I like it cooler than that. And summer days when it hits 90s or
>even high 80s if the RH is at 99%, most of my energy is just drained out
>of me.
>
>
>Do you suppose some of this has to do with blood pressure? Mine was
>always low when I was younger, but is on the higher side of normal these
>days.
>
>
>And in my defense against an 80 degree office...She can put on a
>sweater. I don't have anything to remove. I have to be sure it's darned
>cold out before I can even wear a sweater to work at all.
>
>
>Kitty
>
>> Well, Kitty, I must admit I react to cold by getting sleepy. If the
>> guys in the office prevail and all the thermostats are lowered much
>> below 68 degrees I will start yawning my head off - regardless of my
>> activity level. This skinny frame just begins to shut down - not enough
>> meat on my bones, I guess.
>>
>> Lynda
>> Zone 7 - West TN
>>
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-gardenchat@hort.net] On
>> Behalf Of kmrsy@comcast.net
>> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 9:34 AM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: to my friends
>>
>>
>> > As I recall getting sleepy is one of the first stages of hypothermia.
>>
>> Now, come on! This woman in my office is not going to get hypothermia
>> because I lowered the temp in her office from 78 to 77. And even those
>> of us who lower our temps at home at night (mine is 61 night 67 day - up
>> to 70 if I do feel cold) to perhaps 60 are not going to get hypothermia
>> from it. Yes, you get sleepy with hypothermia, but I can't imagine
>> getting sleepy DURING THE WORKDAY because you're chilly.
>>
>>
>> Conversely, at night WHEN I WANT TO SLEEP, I'm more comfortable in a
>> cool environment. If I get too warm it will wake me up. So, now that it
>> is dark outside in the morning so the natural brightening of the room
>> doesn't wake me up, the steady warming of the room does as the the
>> programmed thermostat brings it up to 67 degrees.
>>
>>
>> It's not my intention to argue. How abbout a poll?
>> During the workday, do you get sleepy if you are too warm or too cold?
>>
>> Kitty
>> > Me too Melody. As I recall getting sleepy is one of the first stages
>> > of hypothermia. Got stranded in the mountains in PA (college days) in
>> > the snow and did everything I could to stay awake. Knew if I succumbed
>>
>> > to sleep, I'd be a goner.
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> > From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
>> > Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:03:49 -0500 (EST)
>> >
>> > >Kitty: You get sleepy when you get hot??? That's how I get when I am
>> > >cold...very sleepy...and it is so difficult to regulate the
>> > >temperature in such a large hospital as the one I work in...freezing
>> > >or boiling...nothing in between.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>> > >
>> > >"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
>> > >--Albert Einstein
>> > >
>> > > --- On Wed 12/17, Kitty < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
>> > >From: Kitty [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
>> > >To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > >Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:54:02 -0500
>> > >Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: to my friends
>> > >
>> > >> idiots here at work who like to run the air conditioner in
>> > >December.<br><br>Well, Pam, you just described me, sort of. Our
>> > >weather in neIN fluctuates<br>and althought today's high will only be
>>
>> > >the high 20s with no sun, a week or<br>so ago it was low 50s and very
>>
>> > >sunny. When it is sunny and 50s our building<br>where I work absorbs
>> > >that heat and the thermostat showed 78 degrees in the<br>front office
>>
>> > >where the only windows are. My office is in the center of
>> > >the<br>building, no windows and I have 3 track lights bearing down on
>>
>> > >me with a hot<br>computer next to me, which all yields a temperature
>> > >of about 82 degrees in<br>my office with no air circulation in the
>> > >afternoon after lunch.<br><br>About 3pm I went to the front office
>> > >and switched the air on for a few<br>minutes. As I walked away, the
>> > >secretary got up and turned it back to<br>heat - which I knew she
>> > >would, but didn't expect it that quickly. So I<br>turned back and
>> > >switched it again. She started yelling that the heat<br>hadn't been
>> > >running most of the day and I told her I had to have just a<br>little
>>
>> > >air circulation, just 5 minutes, please. She relented sullenly.
>> > >I<br>did turn it off after 5 minutes. If the boss wants to pay me to
>> > >sleep,<br>fine, cuz that's all he'll get from me in an 80+ degree
>> > >office with no air<br>circulation.<br>----- Original Message -----
>> > ><br>From: "Pamela J. Evans"
>> > ><gardenqueen@gbronline.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
>> > >Wednesday, December 17, 2003 7:32 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: to my
>> > >friends<br><br><br>> God love you child! I'm not anemic, my
>> thermostat's
>> > >just set a little<br>> higher than most. The joke here at work is
>> they
>> > >know it's over 80<br>> degrees when I take my jacket off. Anything
>> under
>> > >75 is uncomfortable<br>> and below 60 is sheer torture.<br>><br>>
>> Most
>> > >of the year, that works out just fine! It doesn't help that we
>> have<br>>
>> > >idiots here at work who like to run the air conditioner in
>> > >December.<br>> Bunch of homesick Eskimos if you ask me!!<br>><br>>
>> Break
>> > >out the hot chocolate and peach brandy -
>> > >
>> > >they'll keep you warm from<br>the inside in a pinch - LOL.<br>><br>>
>> > >back to work.....<br>><br>> ---------- Original Message
>> > >----------------------------------<br>> From: "Melody"
>> > ><mhobertm@excite.com><br>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date:
>> > >Wed, 17 Dec 2003 02:16:00 -0500 (EST)<br>><br>> >Pam: Staying warm is
>>
>> > >not really an option for me at this time of<br>> >year...I get cold
>> > >about mid-October and don't really warm up again until<br>>
>> > >>July...that's the consequence of chronic anemia (it's a
>> > >hereditary<br>> >thing, not an iron deficiency)...today it was in the
>>
>> > >low 20's but with<br>> >winds gusting in excess of 20 miles an hour,
>> > >it brought the wind chill<br>>
>> > >>factor down to single digits...tough driving on the interstate too
>> > >with<br>> >winds like that...but the silver lining is that it freeze
>> > >dried all the<br>> >roads in just a few hours...it has been very
>> > >rainy/drizzling here for a<br>> >couple of days and things were very
>> > >wet and icy slick...but bitterly<br>> >cold winds did the trick and
>> > >though we are cold, we are dry! So it is<br>> >safe to drive once
>> > >again! Thanks for the kind words, though...the<br>> >thought is
>> > >appreciated! :-)<br>>
>> > >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>> ><br>> >"The most
>> > >beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."<br>> >--Albert
>> > >Einstein<br>> ><br>> > --- On Tue 12/16, Pamela J. Evans <
>> > >gardenqueen@gbronline.com > wrote:<br>> >From: Pamela J. Evans
>> > >[mailto: gardenqueen@gbronline.com]<br>> >To:
>> > >gardenchat@hort.net<br>> >Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:12:34 -0600<br>>
>> > >>Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT: to my friends<br>> ><br>> >Just read this
>> > >again. It's so great!! Your friendship is a true jewel<br>> >in<br>my
>>
>> > >spiritual treasure chest. In that respect, I'm quite rich -<br>>
>> > >>thanks to<br>friends like you!! Stay warm girl!<br><br><br>love ya
>> > >-<br>> ><br><br>Pam<br><br>---------- Original Message<br>>
>> > >>----------------------------------<br>From:
>> > >"Melody"<br>> ><mhobertm@excite.com><br>Reply-To:
>> > >gardenchat@hort.net<br>Date: Mon, 15<br>> >Dec 2003 05:49:51 -0500
>> > >(EST)<br><br>>Dear
>> > >
>> > >fr
>> > >iends: This was sent to me<br>> >by my dearest friend in the whole
>> > >world and I wanted to pass it on to<br>> >all of you...<br>><br>>Fwd:
>>
>> > >I think you will really like this, so make<br>> >sure you read all
>> > >the way down to the last<br>> >sentence...enjoy<br>><br>>There once
>> > >was a little girl who had a bad<br>> >temper. Her mother gave her
>> > >a<br>>bag of nails and told her that every<br>> >time she lost her
>> > >temper, she must<br>>hammer a nail into the back of<br>> >the fence.
>> > >The first day the girl had<br>>driven 37 nails into the<br>> >fence.
>> > >Over the next few weeks, as she learned<br>>to control her
>> > >anger,<br>> >the number of nails hammered daily
>> > >gradually<br>>dwindled down. She<br>> >discovered it was easier to
>> > >hold her temper than to<br>>drive those<br>> >nails into the fence.
>> > >Finally the day came when the girl<br>>didn't lose<br>> >her temper
>> > >at all. She told her mother about it and the<br>>mother<br>>
>> > >>suggested that the girl now pull out one nail for each day
>> > >that<br>>she<br>> >was able to hold her temper. The days passed and
>> > >the young girl<br>> >was<br>>finally able to tell her mother that all
>>
>> > >the nails were gone.<br>> >The mother<br>>took her daughter by the
>> > >hand and led her to the fence.<br>> >She said, "You<br>>have done
>> > >well, my daughter, but look at the holes in<br>> >the fence.
>> > >The<br>>fence will never be the same. When you say things in<br>>
>> > >>anger, they leave a<br>>scar just like this one. " You can put a
>> > >knife<br>> >in a person and draw it<br>>out. It won't matter how many
>>
>> > >times you say<br>> >I'm sorry, the wound is<br>>still there. A verbal
>>
>> > >wound is as bad as a<br>>
>> > >>physical one.<br>><br>><br>>Friends are very rare jewels, indeed.
>> > >They<br>> >make you smile and encourage<br>>you to succeed. They lend
>>
>> > >an ear, they<br>> >shar<br>> ><br>> >e words of praise and
>> > >they<br>>always want to open their hearts to<br>>
>> > >>us.<br>><br>><br>>Show your friends how much you care. Send this
>> > >to<br>> >everyone you consider<br>>a FRIEND, even if it means sending
>>
>> > >it back to<br>> >the person who sent it to<br>>you. If it co
>> > >
>> > >mes back to you, then you'll<br>> >know you have a circle
>> > >of<br>>friends. Happy Friendship week! You are my<br>> >friend and I
>> > >am honored. Now<br>>send this to every friend you have!!<br>> >And to
>>
>> > >your family. Please forgive<br>>me if I have ever left a hole in<br>>
>> > >>your<br>><br>>fence.<br>><br>><br>><br>>Melody<br>><br>>____________
>> > >>__________
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